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  • If John was alive today, he'd do a lotta good. No matter what way you look at him.

  • Yes, yes, yes is my answer.

  • NO COMMENTS PLEASE! If you dont like it

    YOU CAN JUST SUCK MY ASS!

  • well i think the power of the president is absolutely over rated , but i know FOR A FACT , we d have a much BETTER CHANCE AT ( american peace ) with RON PAUL instead of WHATS IN THERE!

    THANK KEVIN ,

    IM PISSED TOO !

  • fucking kevin spacey he made me cry...  shit i miss you john ... LOVE IS THE ANSWER AND YOU KNOW THAT FOR SURE

  • 4:42 my heart just melted, and im in love

  • wow he just got a thousand times more attractive

  • 4:41 makes my heart melt, god i love this man so much!

  • Perfect song. KS IS right to be pissed about having to be there because of his death. JL's message will live on----sadly, it is not time for Humanity to embrace peace. It will be one day, though....

  • thank you

  • This is a significant moment and brings back some ambivalent memories for many, I'm sure. When this program originally aired it was within days after Sept 11th, and it was LIVE to the world. What originally was to be a tribute to John in keeping his music and memories alive became a tribute to New York, peace, and anti-violence, all of which Lennon of course stood for but the show became a message to terrorists and to the people of New York, especially. Spacey knocked it out of the park. YES.

  • The most talented Hollywood Actor, not only can he act like a God, but he can sing, dance, teach, listen, and he has the cutest charms, he is such a sex appeal and he knows it ! <3 I LOVE HIM

  • This is a very hard song to sing and Kevin Spacey kicked ass. He wasn't trying to sing like John, he was paying tribute to John. Amazing. I think I just fell in love a little bit. <3

  • Мне нравиться!!!

  • kevin spacey did a great job as bobby darin- he looks and sounds just like bobby and did him proud.

  • Anyway, back to the actual content of the video: KS did a pretty cool job. I love the original so much, but he didn't try to copy that and i like that. He sort of did his own version.

  • @lalalives Sean Lennon badmouthed his daddy.

  • Holy crap, I remember when I first saw this, his voice is awesome! love it

  • omg when he heats that high note, i just fall even more in love with him!

  • FUCK YOKO, WHERE´S PAUL MCCARTNEY???

  • Kevin Spacey paying it forward.....always liked him as an actor, now I also have VERY MUCH RESPECT for him as a human being as well

  • if that wasnt from the heart ,

    he truly is at least a great actor !

  • I didn't know this motherfucker could sing

    worst of all

    pretty well like this

    I am pissed off too now lol

    and amazed!!!

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  • A wife beater is a passionate prophet of peace? They lay it on thick at these little tribute shows.

  • @ronnie12398 A wife beater? She shouldn't have given him lip...

  • @ronnie12398 A wife beater? She shouldn't have given him lip...

  • @ronnie12398 ] He wasn't a freaking wife beater. GTFO. His ex-wife clearly stated in her book there was ONE incident when they were teenagers and dating and he NEVER touched her again. And Yoko Ono even argued back that John never once laid a finger on her. Please, John was not perfect- far from a saint- but don't label him something he wasn't.

  • @lalalives

    He beat Cynthia and Yoko, dumbass. This is not a secret. I won't even get into his emotional cruelty to his son Julian. He was a good songwriter but he was a cock-end as a human being.

  • @ronnie12398 instead of just making it up, show me the MANY incidences where he beat Yoko and Cynthia that you know of. Because I am curious where you get your facts, seeing as I have read Cynthia's book and practically everything about Yoko. Back yourself up.

  • @lalalives

    Are you mentally retarded? Google "John Lennon's marriages" - physical abuse". Even his son Sean Lennon called his father "a macho asshole" and "a pig" because of his physical abuse of Yoko and his infidelities. Stop your hero worship of John Lennon, dummy.

  • @ronnie12398 You are a very sad person to continuously spew negative words as if by calling me a "dummy" and saying I "hero worship" you are going to make me believe your tripe. I am fully aware of what Sean said, and that was in response to the "Lost Weekend," NOT any physical abuse of Yoko. Read the actual interview. Also, I know only of the one incident w/Cynthia, which SHE stated- no need to google some other make belief stuff. John owned his mistakes openly. But you're just creating.

  • @lalalives shut up and enjoy the song

  • @bleedblue69

    Thank you!! I will. :-)

  • @ronnie12398 shut up and enjoy the song

  • I can still remember the first time I saw this. I was so blown away. I still like to come back every now and then to watch this. Still gives me chills.

  • he is great!*i love this DVD.

  • This song and performance stays in My mind, and always gives Me good chills!!

    And I am not easily impressed. I am actually kind of jerky and cynical!! :o)

    But this performance melts Me into an artistic warm realm. Spacey channeled

    Lennon on this one!! I just got more chills!! Good ones!!

  • Perhaps some people are too young to remember this live broadcast. perhaps some people didn't watch it. For those of us of a certain age, there seemed nothing wrong with a tribute to Lennon days after 9-11. And watching this show, with all the amazing acts, notably Cyndi Lauper singing "Strawberry Fields" in Central Park, Kevin Spacey surprising the audience with his own rendition of "Mind Games," by the end, I found there were tears on my face. And you can make fun. But it was truly magic.

  • @christianolson Yeah..Kevin really knew how to sing this song because it must tell something special to him...as well Cyndi, her Strawberry Fields and her Across the universe ( form another Lennon Tribute) versions for me are the best ever... For sure this one tribute was one of the best.

  • its years of theatrical training...being a struggling young actor in ny/broadway & such...thats where he learned 2 prolly do whatever producers & such needed 4/from their actors & such (w/in reason,of course)...as well as growing-up learning 2 both sing & act from great teachers...he played bobby darin...he wouldve also made an awesome lennon,as well...

  • its years of theatrical training...being a struggling young actor in ny/broadway & such...thats where he learned 2 prolly do whatever producers & such needed 4/from their actors & such (w/in reason,of course)...as well as growing-up learning 2 both sing & act from great teachers...

  • 4:42 That man's got pipes

  • @rj2long In spades,my friend,in spades.He sings as well as he acts.He brought it!

  • cool song :)! and cool cover.

    Instruments sounds good!:

  • This man is so talented

  • Very cool clip!

    Thanks for uploading and keeping it alive!

  • yes! That's my Spacey with his fantastic stage presence, suave persona, buttery voice....standing ovation indeed!!!

  • Such a sexy and amazing man <3

  • Ok, he's no pro but he did pretty good. I'd like to see another non singer stand up and do any better. Complainers, go watch your rap crap.

  • KILL THE  ALLAH LOVEN TOWEL HEADS

  • @willih007

    Could you not hear how great his performance was? You can't hear very well, obviously.

  • WOW, Spacey is one of my favorite actors but I never knew he could sing like that! Great job! Great song, John.

  • Absolute BEAUTY!

  • Is this Kevin's coming out party? Not that there's anything wrong with that!

  • A great tribute.

  • Who knew that John Doe could sing Lennon so well?

  • lennons music is so beautifully haunting

  • Maestro

  • tears..

  • too opinated

  • He did a nice job with this.

  • Stand up, bow at el Maestro

  • This is the worst thing I have ever seen.

  • @yougotitjerky You can´t be serious!

  • @yougotitjerky It´s SO BEAUTIFUL!

  • @yougotitjerky You can´t be serious!

  • kevin i love you!

    when he said he was incredibly pissed off, that was the perfect thing to say. . . He was proud to host, but angry at the violence. . .

    Its never too late for peace, live on john

  • The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the

    same level of thinking with which we created them. - Einstein

  • i still remember the look of total amazement on bok's face while we watch this kevin spacey bit on tv 3 years ago... he was actually singing along with mr spacey then... i love it when he does that hahaha

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  • I remember this on T.V. He did such a great job!

  • Sucks balls

  • @acousticpick Really? You honestly think this performance sucked balls? Why?

  • @skrason no he meant, I suck balls

  • @acousticpick

    Do you mean you suck balls in your dreams?

  • thank you so much!now,i have ploblems. cannot solve..* love

    is flower.* God bless U *

  • Brilliant.

  • There is another dimension...to some it is Heaven ...to some it is Hell. We of feeble minds in this 21st century, how little we know, how much less we understand. The day will come when we all will share the joy of love and togetherness in that next dimension.  It is our hope and faith that will guide us there, it is our destiny to someday all reunite. John will be waiting......and this song will once again be heard.

  • I had no idea he couldn't sing ...

  • spacey FTW!

  • He doesn't even break a sweat!!!!

  • usually don't like cover songs but this is my ultimate favorite

  • Imagine Peace! that's what it's all about. Marvin Gaye was also about peace, so were Martin Luther king and Mahatma Gandhi!

  • @nellie2581 Its a long and hard way to bring peace to the world, our minds is so occupied "defending" them self that it often turns into violence for "fighting" violence. I really think its up to learn for each and everyone of us to bring peace within our self. And its not as easy as it sounds! Ghandi, Buddha or Martin Luther King did master the art, indeed!

  • John Lennon would be proud, baby. <3

  • this is why spacey is a legend.....he plays through another one

  • normally i hate lennon covers, noone ever gets the passion...at least, noone until spacey. beautiful rendition!

  • Growing up to me, he was a hero too Kevin...

  • Kevins's version is surely passionate probably better than the original one!

  • @cscardillo Uhh...easy, tiger. Not even on a good day.

  • Kevin Spaceyisi phenomenal!!! What can't he do!?!

  • Wow. I had no idea. No idea.

  • Allround talent!

  • Kevis Spacey is the living proof extraterrestrials are among us!!!!!!!!!!

  • simply the greatest song covered ever.

  • Lo canta con todo el corazon! Grande K S !

  • then go find a different version

  • Well done!!!!

  • Mr Spacey... awesome gentleman! Sooo talented!!!

  • His movie, "Beyond the Sea" really showcases his singing talents.

  • great show

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  • MR AMERICAN BEAUTY

    BRAVO!

  • A fantastic tribute by Mr. Spacey to a peoples prophet of peace on earth.

  • sooooo sexy

  • hot hot hot

    ughhhhhhh i wanna marry him lol

  • I´m doing a pretty good version of this song to! Will you marry me?;-)

  • lol when and where ;-)

    and if u look like him OF COURSE

  • Well I guess you can see my picture but the differences in our physical appearance I compensate with an outstanding performance of Lennon songs! ;-)

  • @Melchersson you should do a video of you singing a song by john

  • Well thats what I had in mind actually! We planned to do our "famous" versions of Mr.Postman and other pure Lennon songs. But since the drummer and my best childhood friend died on me suddenly and unexpectedly the band broke up but I was thinking of doing it simple with just the piano and my own voice!

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  • THATS A REAL "AMERICAN BEAUTY"

  • this is a tribute to the figure of John Lennon, and not a public support to George Bush mid west policy.

    Spacey´s words are against violence, wherever it comes, he didnt mention names. he just call to keep alive John Lennons legacy and help to rebuild NY.

    by the way, your words are filled with anger and menace. sure are you a John Lennon fan?

  • ''passionate prophet of peace''... perfect

  • @thomasshannon2 4 Ps

  • Im also so pleased to see that so many people share my adoration of him. : D

  • ledgend. He has so much talent.

  • thats cause mediocre stuff is understood by the masses...but class stuff is understood by a handful...

  • Beautifully said jammy. Peace.

  • Kevin's singing is brilliant, shocking even(to me, who knew) and so is his comments in the first minute, I couldn't have said it better!

    That being said it's sad that this real music has so few views compared so some video about some puppet claiming to be a dead terrorist. Or a crap song from a some Michael Bay movie from 1998 which has almost 50 million views...sad indeed:(

    RIP John.

  • Class. Sheer class.

  • on screen, amazing actor. in real file. he is a good role model. he ackwnoledges the shit. but he embraces the good.

  • Great comment. It's always great to hear good reports of celebrities who deserve it. We need to hear more positive reports from media coverage of celebrities.

  • my Idol!!!

  • Wow -where did Kevin spacey come from? He is unbelievably talanted in so many different areas. I find Hard to believe that 1 person can have so many gifts to share.

  • He grew up in Chatsworth, CA. North of Los Angeles. Google him, you'll be amazed at his history.

  • nice, he was on jimmy fallon show. he showed off his drum skills. very talented person.

  • he can easily become a professional singer

  • JL would be impressed. Great night. Great performance Mr Spacey...where did that come from?? Excellent

    Not the usual Suspect

  • I've seen a lot of Kevin Spacey's work and especially liked him as "Lex Luthor" but I never knew that he was a singer also. Not bad at all. Actually very good. Plus that's not the easiest song to sing. John Lennon is one of the best singers and song writers ever and had a very unique style.

  • When I first saw this vid, I thought "cool, Kevin's introducing the song," but then when the music starts, no singer comes out. Kevin starts belting it! I was thinking...wow. Pure talent.

  • Wow.. he's such a great man..

    A terrific actor.. a fantastic man.. AND a man with a wonderful voice.. Wow!!

  • He sounds like Elton John.

  • i am so thrilled to find this -- my first time ever seeing kevin spacey -- and to have him sing lennon was just amazing!

  • i couldn't believe it when i first saw and heard this. i was shocked at how good spacey is as a singer, especially it being a john lennon song, one of the greatest singer and song writers of all time. he also did all of the singing in that bobby darin bio pic, also very good.

  • OH MY GOSH!! That has to be the most gorgeous thing i've seen in ages!! Kevin Spacey is HOT!! I love watching his impersonations, acting and now singing! Jesus, talented man!

  • WoW Kevin 's just perfect.He gives an excellent perfomance in this event for this very difficult song .Great actor,great singer!!

  • Who would have thought! WOW! My favorite actor can sing.

  • K.S.-- right words for a man that had so much to offer

  • i always knew this man...is oh so TALENTED...love ya' Spacey

  • damn

  • Spacey is amazingly multi-talented

  • WoW surprisingly good!

  • This guy nailed the song. Not easy to sing and performance mark of a very well trained voice. Lennon would be been proud

  • amazing, great performer all around!

  • i think KS is one of the best actors ever.a la altura de pacino sorry,PACINO,what amazed me the most is that no one knew that he was suppossed to sing.he should pursue a carrer as a singer.he is a real american idol...........

  • he can act AND sing.

    i am in awe.

  • Awebooooooo, Kevin Rifado!!!!

  • luv Spacy!!! amazing job!!!

  • an apallingly pathetic "stage", but spacey is pure and worthy of singing this hymn

  • speachless

  • He is the definition of perfect!

  • One of my favourite actors sings one of my favourite post-Beatles songs of John Lennon.

    (Although I am unsure why KS was asked to do this show...)

  • Probably because KS is one of the most talented actors around. He's accustomed to live performances and shows, this is right up his alley.